It’s been a long day,1545Please respect copyright.PENANAGbLUwDtkni
and I’ve got little to say.1545Please respect copyright.PENANAFUl31iigOM
The pressure of everyday life is getting me down,1545Please respect copyright.PENANA563zLoF0Gw
and I just need anything to break my pungent frown.1545Please respect copyright.PENANAzKCX6LjX6T
So, I grab my earbuds and my MP31545Please respect copyright.PENANAiNpWoeNxfU
and when I sit down for peace and quiet, he sits close to me.1545Please respect copyright.PENANAAWVsFBQUAe
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No words dared to part from our lips1545Please respect copyright.PENANAysPWswGMIH
as we avoid holding hands, yet sat tied by our hips.1545Please respect copyright.PENANA0oKKada9Rn
We listened to Music together silently,1545Please respect copyright.PENANAIj9KCA1y48
respecting the other’s company and space leisurely.1545Please respect copyright.PENANAU2KfUFAyAs
I used to enjoy the rampant, bustling sounds of Music,1545Please respect copyright.PENANADZpanDKLK3
an experience no more or less fascinating than magic.
I keep the volume of the Music low,1545Please respect copyright.PENANAcLTkulJXcD
so that I can hear the sounds of Nature and Music together flow.1545Please respect copyright.PENANAeMEP0A9Doi
I hear the chirping of the birds,1545Please respect copyright.PENANA2FVW6X7hkP
I hear their every songlike word.1545Please respect copyright.PENANA9i9p8w0iub
I hear the whispers of the breeze,1545Please respect copyright.PENANAsgu1jUrilf
as they brush their way past me and the trees.
The sounds of the world hum gently into my unbudded ear,1545Please respect copyright.PENANAVTuKYrJzch
while my MP3 tries to consume all that I hear.1545Please respect copyright.PENANAjYcp71J7nm
The Music playing was his favorite kind,1545Please respect copyright.PENANAuiyJYeEbeE
and although it wasn’t mine I didn’t mind.1545Please respect copyright.PENANA4XO774FHmB
His music was quite chaotic and crazy,1545Please respect copyright.PENANAZJPDV0YIji
while I preferred sounds more quiet and lazy.
It is why I preferred the tender sounds of Nature,1545Please respect copyright.PENANAK3WfXeL0b9
sounds that in my lonesome have come a long way from being a stranger.1545Please respect copyright.PENANAIryMGrIojP
I like to take things nice and slow,1545Please respect copyright.PENANAJHkyDbwLTV
like how Nature takes its time to develop and grow.1545Please respect copyright.PENANA5LyprmzTuK
But Music grows much too fast with no time to unwind,1545Please respect copyright.PENANA6mTprT2MjV
and if you cannot catch up you’ll be left behind.
One would normally think that Nature and Music combined couldn’t blend.1545Please respect copyright.PENANACAFQDEzByo
However, the two forces together managed to call the other “friend.”1545Please respect copyright.PENANASgBqiavKl9
They grew up together from seeds to flowers,1545Please respect copyright.PENANAxSUlL8RrIw
living life blissfully in the clouds like the tops of towers.1545Please respect copyright.PENANAChPlrycB3T
You see, Music and Nature are one and the same,1545Please respect copyright.PENANAw7PBIXXlY0
but they are also as alike as a boombox to a flame.
The soft resonances of the natural world are Music to my ears.1545Please respect copyright.PENANAp5LZo3aYoa
They fill with me up with so many emotions, and even my fears.1545Please respect copyright.PENANAVO9iIo8F2I
It reminds me of how scared I am to move on and let go,1545Please respect copyright.PENANAIi6jGJGvIS
all because Music grew up too fast and Nature too slow.1545Please respect copyright.PENANAtUqn8nPxuy
As time can often move slow I may still be the same,1545Please respect copyright.PENANAngHNilciwo
while he may leave me behind as nothing more than a name.
In the end, the Music from my MP3, as it must, comes to a halt.1545Please respect copyright.PENANACFJkGpvkXt
The world he and I shared splits apart hastily by an emotional fault.1545Please respect copyright.PENANArdtbsjVppl
We go our separate ways without uttering a single word,1545Please respect copyright.PENANAh620Kb4lNw
and the lines between Music and Nature no longer seem so blurred.1545Please respect copyright.PENANAG3Wo7K0KAE
Music and Nature can go together, but there was something driving us apart.1545Please respect copyright.PENANAZk5Y4wCGO8
He and I in some strange, natural way could not fully love the other’s heart.
“Goodbye!” I finally reached him with a cry.1545Please respect copyright.PENANAH1LARo4BGv
With a wretched smile he yelled back, “Goodbye!”1545Please respect copyright.PENANAOLfaQLdqOo
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